Category: Arms Trade

  • Official Launch a Success!

    Thanks to everyone who attended our Official Launch yesterday!  Here’s how it went: On Thursday 26th February Central England Quakers celebrated the opening of Peace Hub with a special all-day launch event. School-children and the public joined with local figures, to celebrate with a Fairtrade cuppa and a slice of cake.  In the evening NGOs…

  • Merry Christmas, see you in January

    Wishing everyone a Peaceful Christmas and New Year. Thanks to everyone who has taken part in our action against the arms trade!  Our giant ‘arms export licence’  is now well and truly covered in ‘EMBARGOED’ stamps – sending a clear message to the Foriegn and Commonwealth Office that the people of Birmingham do not want…

  • Keep Taking Action Against Arms

    You’ve got a few days left to pop into Peace Hub and take part in our action against arms sales to repressive regimes. But if you’ve been inspired to keep resisting the arms trade, there are many ways to stay involved in 2015. Write a letter to your MP – you can use our template…

  • New Internationalist on the UK’s relaxed attitude to arms

    An interesting article by  Edward Robinson was published on the New Internationalist blog last week, detailling how a recent parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s arms exports found that the criterion for embargoing arms has been relaxed in recent years. The nub of the matter is that, instead of the refusing an arms export licence where there…

  • Arms Trade Action now Online

    Peace Hub is calling on the UK Foreign Office to embargo arms to Egypt and other countries where arms provide support for represion. Our petition is now on Change.org: why not sign and share online now, then pop into the Hub any weekday between 11:00 and 14:30 to add your ‘EMBARGOED’ stamp to our giant…

  • Arms to Renewables

    Peace Hub is calling on the UK Foreign Office to embargo arms sales to repressive regimes.  But what about the jobs that arms manufacture creates in the UK?  Does Peace Hub want these people to be left unemployed? These are common questions, and perfectly understandable in the current climate of austerity and poor job opportunities. …

  • Practical Steps to Control Arms

    At Peace Hub we are currently focussing on the UK arms trade, particulary calling for an arms embargo to countries where arms may be used for repression. It’s easy to become cynical about what governments can do to overcome vested interests like the arms trade, but with pracrtical support, we can make a difference. In…

  • Queen’s Students and Church & Peace Visit

    Thanks to students from Queen’s Foundation, and members of Church & Peace for visiting the Hub last week. Four students from Queen’s Foundation took to Corporation Street with Peace Hub staff to encourage the public to take action against the arms trade.  Braving the cold, they engaged passers by, to explain why the UK must…

  • UK arms to Egypt

    Why is Peace Hub using Egypt as an example to call for an arms embargo on countries using repression? In 2013 10 licences were granted by the UK to export arms to Egypt, mostly components for military vehicles and imaging cameras.  While these supplies may seem less harmful than guns or bullets, the Egyptian security…

  • Make your Mark on the Arms Trade

    Peace Hub’s Peace and Justice Theme for November 2014 is: UK Arms Exports Make your mark to help end arms sales to repressive regimes Over 250 UK companies produce products for the arms trade. In order to export these products, each company must apply to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for an Arms Export Licence. …